From Francis Darwin 2 May 1876
Summary
Has read letter from Jemmy. Amy has been practicing on the printing machine. Fritz has come back from the Vicar of Orpington.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10492F |
From Francis Darwin [1 June 1876]
Summary
Has examined sections of teasel in putrid meat infusion and ammonia.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 June 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515H |
From Francis Darwin [after 2 October 1876]
Summary
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 2 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10629F |
From Francis Darwin [1 May 1876]
Summary
Good news about Frankland. Expecting burnt earth. Almost finished the Foodbodies Paper on Acacia. He and Amy are learning to use the new printing machine.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10488F |
From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515I |
From Francis Darwin [2 June 1876]
Summary
Has got a dodge to see protoplasm in Drosera in dead state. Comes to Hopedene with Amy tomorrow. his paper went off well.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 June 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10526F |
From Francis Darwin 27 May 1876
Summary
Has had a cold. Salvia hasn't come yet. Will look for orchids tomorrow. Will send off bull's-horn acacia on Monday or Tuesday.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515G |
From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876]
Summary
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [31 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517F |
From Francis Darwin [after 8 October 1876]
Summary
Thanks for papers and letter; has been working in the mornings on teasel.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 8 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10635F |
From Francis Darwin [28 May 1876]
Summary
Reports his discovery of the behaviour of protoplasm in teasel cells.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 37–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515J |
To ? 19 May 1876
Summary
Sends his autograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 19 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | International Autograph Auctions (dealers) (8 June 2013, lot 625) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10510F |
To ? [1876?]
Summary
Complies with correspondent’s request; encloses photographs of himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1876 or later?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10339 |
To ? 21 March 1876
Summary
Thanks for sending the impressions of the gems, but, because CD is ignorant of archaeology, the recipient should not send one for inspection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 3269/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10423F |
To Nature [before 2 November 1876]
Summary
Summarises, with comments, two letters from Johann von Fischer [10598, 10600] on the display by monkeys of their brightly-coloured hindquarters, and the relation of this behaviour to sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nature |
| Date: | [before 2 Nov 1876] |
| Classmark: | Nature, 2 November 1876, pp. 18–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10660 |
To ? [1876]
Summary
Letter of reference giving his opinion of the character of a man who has been his footman for a year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10745 |
To W. E. Darwin [before 30 November 1876]
Summary
Is working at dimorphic plants;
is astonished at WED’s labour.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [before 30 November 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 119 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5771 |
To Francis Darwin 25 September [1876]
Summary
FD’s corrections for Orchids [1877] are all very good and useful.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10617 |
To Francis Darwin [11 October 1876]
Summary
Asks for reference to an article on a mandrill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10638 |
To Francis Darwin [12 October 1876]
Summary
Has seen notice on Empetrum but cannot understand how leaves in bud could act as fly-catchers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Oct 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10641 |
From W. E. Darwin 27 October [1876]
Summary
Discussing a purchase of land.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1876] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 64) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11212F |
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| Darwin, Francis | (12) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (8) |
| Torbitt, James | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (207) |
| Darwin, Francis | (16) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (13) |
| Unidentified | (11) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (463) |
| Darwin, Francis | (28) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (28) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (17) |
| Tait, Lawson | (15) |
